Early voting for May 11 elections starts at 8 a.m. Monday in 11 municipalities and five school districts in Bexar County.

Ballots can be cast Monday through Saturday this week and Monday and Tuesday next week.

All 10 San Antonio City Council district seats and the mayor's office are on the ballot, and some of the district races are hotly contested. But any campaign fervor was overshadowed by Fiesta last week.

The Fiesta activity, which prompted Friday closures, left some poll locations inaccessible, requiring elections officials to complete some final preparations Thursday, earlier than usual.

“That's the only wrinkle” in the preparations, said Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen. Otherwise, she said last week, “we're right on track.”

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With 35 early voting locations, the county will conduct voting for 14 jurisdictions including San Antonio, Alamo Heights, Balcones Heights, Castle Hills, Leon Valley, Live Oak, Olmos Park, Shavano Park, Universal City and Von Ormy. Other county-run elections will be in Harlandale, Northside, San Antonio and South Side independent school districts.

Separately, Kirby and Judson Independent School District are conducting a joint election with six early polling sites. Judson ISD residents living in San Antonio, Universal City and Live Oak would have to go to a second polling site to participate in their municipal elections, Callanen said.

In San Antonio, many voters were assigned to different precincts because 2012 redistricting created 51 new precincts, bringing the total to 712. Voters whose precincts changed were notified by mail last month.

Candidates and elections officials are hoping the turnout is better than in the 2011 council elections, which drew 42,128 voters out of the 600,000 people eligible in San Antonio.

The longest ballot is for Live Oak, which includes council races and 20 proposed City Charter amendments.

The deadline to register to vote in the May 11 elections was April 11.

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